Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
A nice versatile booster here by Bjorn, with switchable buffered or true bypass switching. I have kept the buffer separate so those who just intend to use it true bypass don’t have to bother with the extra components or board size. Manufacturers info: BJF design guitar booster/treble booster pedal with master volume Mad Professor Ruby … Read more
Runoffgroove’s stompbox emulation of the old Supro 16T amps and so potentially a good one for the BJF Honey Bee fans. This one needs 18V and so will require an appropriate power supply, or maybe make yourself a voltage converter like this one. Info from the website: Supro was a budget brand name for amplifiers … Read more
Voodoo Lab’s info: This vintage overdrive circuit, originally built in the early ’70s, delivers singing sustain on leads and crisp, tight bass on chords. Turn the gain down to provide tons of clean boost for overdriving vintage tube and non-master volume amps. Medium gain settings add tube-like harmonics for fatness and warmth. Higher gain settings … Read more
[Colorsound Overdriver] [Colorsound Power Boost] This is the classic pedal for that Beck/Gilmour tone. Build one – you won’t be disappointed! Look – here’s Jeff Beck with his: Here’s the Colorsound description: “So what’s the difference between the Power Boost and the Overdriver ?? Um . . . .nothing ! Except the case . The … Read more
The OCD V4 for me is my most underwhelming and disappointing pedal. It was hyped up to the max and so I was expecting drive Utopia, but instead I got a thin, brittle sounding effect that seemed to suck all the meat out of my signal. I’m sure the pedal reacts differently with different guitar … Read more
OK you may not like the guy but this is a great sounding overdrive/distortion pedal. A modded and souped up Boss SD1 with no output buffer. I’ve added a clipping switch that will allow you to switch between the stock 3 diode asymmetrical arrangement, and a second arrangement of your choice. I’ve included 4 diodes … Read more
Culturejam took one of these apart over at freestompboxes ages ago, I thought I’d add the project here just to keep things ticking. Here’s the description from the Barber website: “Extremely versatile, high gain distortion, provides wider range of stellar tones. From ultra chunky, to scooped and back to thick again. Toggle switch selects mid … Read more
[The three knob standard Lunar Module] [5 knob Deluxe Lunar Module] Marc Alfs of Skreddy pedals is a top builder, he creates some of the best “Pink Floyd” tones there are out there. Here’s the description from the Skreddy website: “The Skreddy Pedals™ Lunar Module was designed for “that” certain silicon fuzz tone guitar solo … Read more
Tone Monk effects have been around for a while now. He’s run into a little trouble recently: http://freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15903 (The shortened version is that he’s been building lots and lots of “his circuits” using PCBs he’s blagged for a knock down price from Madbean (and possibly General Guitar Gadgets) by pretending he was using them in an educational … Read more
The ultimate souped up and mojo’d TS808? Comes with free absolution with every pedal, and don’t forget the carbon comps, Tropical Fish caps and silver solder! Stock version using 2SC1815 (BCE) transistors: Version using more modern and easily obtainable CBE transistors: Updated 12th August 2014 New more compact layout added using the more modern CBE … Read more